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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided $120 million to scale up adoption of agricultural technology innovations among the rural farmers on the African continent. The fund, to be disbursed in three tranches of $40 million each from 2018-2021, was aimed at reaching 40 million farmers across the continent through the Technologies for African Agricultural […]
Nigerians, especially cotton farmers, are expressing hope that the recent promises by relevant stakeholders to revive the cotton industry will yield fruitful results by bringing back the lost glory of the once vibrant sector. The cotton industry in Nigeria used to be very viable, employing a large number of people but this became history right […]
Thirty-year-old Aliyu Hassan looked sober when he narrated the story that will, for many years, linger in his memory. Daily Trust met with Hassan in his rice farm in Dubali, about 40 kilometres from Jalingo, and engaged him on his farming activities. In 2016, Hassan said he got 400 bags (40 tonnes) which he sold […]
ADVERTISEMENT The Federal Government has been urged to directly involve farmers, especially women smallholder framers who produced over 70 percent of the food consumed in Nigeria, in agriculture budgeting processes and implementation. This is contained in a communiqué of a two-day Annual National Forum of women farmers, organised by the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation […]
ADVERTISEMENT The Maize Farmers Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has said that its one million registered members are threatened by importation. The national president of the association, Alhaji Bello Abubakar Funtua, stated this during a press conference in Abuja. “The recent publication by National Biosafety Management Agency on the request by Grand Cereal limited requesting for […]
ADVERTISEMENT The Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has warned livestock farmers to avoid the use of antibiotics as feeds additives or growth boosters for their livestock. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Dr Gloria Daminabo, issued after its congress in Sokoto State, said the association was committed to the global efforts to curtail the […]
United States farmers finishing their harvests are facing a big problem – where to put the mountain of grain they cannot sell to Chinese buyers. For Louisiana farmer Richard Fontenot and his neighbours, the solution was a costly one: Let the crops rot. Mr Fontenot ploughed under 1,000 of his 1,700 soybean acres this fall, […]
Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has said that despite the increase in the local blending of fertilizer in the country, adulteration of the products continues without check. The Chairman of FEPSAN and Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI), Thomas Etuh stated this on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting for developing and implementing regulations for […]
Vietnam is on course to smash estimates for its 2018 calendar year corn imports, as a recent spate of South American buying boosts a strong import programme from earlier in the year, according to data analysed by Agricensus. However, rumours that imports heading to Vietnam are feeding a smuggling route into China have been dismissed […]
Some groups of environmental activists have condemned the registration and commercial release of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties across the country. According to the group, “the move by the Nigerian government to commercialise the transgenic cotton varieties opens the doors for more genetically modified products (including the GM cowpea) and represents nothing but disaster for […]
Audu Ogbeh THE Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that the government is looking forward to changing the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in Nigeria through the Public Private partnership PPP for wealth creation and food security. Chief Ogbeh gave this assurance in Abuja at the […]
According to the report released yesterday by the European Commission, after a sharp decline in exports of wheat last week, the EU has remained a net importer of grain in the current marketing year. The Total import of wheat, barley and corn for the first time since the beginning of the season exceeded exports due to […]
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it had set the minimum purchasing price for wheat in 2019 at 112 yuan ($16.14) per 50 kg, or 2,240 yuan a tonne. The price is down from this year’s 2,300 yuan per tonne and the second year in a row that the government has reduced its […]
THE Institute of Agricultural Researches and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, has trained farmers on how to make fortune from mushroom cultivation. During a training workshop which held at the Professor E.A Adebowale Hall, IAR&T, recently, the coordinator of the train ing workshop, Profesoor Mrs Lucia Ogunsumi, told the Nigerian Tribune that the training procedures present the […]
Rice farmers By Philomina Attah Women farmers under the umbrella of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have called for restoration of scrapped Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) scheme. They made the call at the end of a two-day annual national farmers forum for smallholder women farmers organised by Actionaid Nigeria, an NGO. In separate […]